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Granted Patent B2
US 10,785,887 · App. 15/938,192 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Electronic device including cooling function and controlling method thereof

Inventors: Chihwan Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Kyungha Koo (Seoul, KR); Kiyoun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Se-Young Jang (Seongnam-si, KR); Han-Shil Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H05K7/20G06F1/1632G06F1/203H02J7/0027H02J7/0044H02J7/0091H02J7/025H02J50/12H02J50/80
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Patent No.
US 10,785,887
App. No.
15/938,192
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments an electronic device may include a first housing comprising a hollow portion configured to receive an external electronic device, and a second housing disposed at an angle defined by a portion coupled with at least part of the hollow portion. The second housing may include a first cover facing at least part of the hollow portion and comprising a plurality of first openings, a second cover received in the first cover and comprising a plurality of second openings, and an electric fan motor disposed in a space between the first cover and the second cover, the electric fan motor configured to discharge at least part of intake air from at least some of the first openings to at least some of the second openings.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing comprising a hollow portion configured to receive an external electronic device; and

a second housing disposed at an angle defined by a portion disposed in at least part of the hollow portion,

wherein the second housing comprises,

a first cover facing at least part of the hollow portion and comprising a plurality of first openings;

a second cover disposed on the first cover and comprising a plurality of second openings; and

an electric fan motor disposed between the first cover and the second cover, and configured to discharge at least part of intake air from at least some of the first openings to at least some of the second openings.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second cover comprises:

a holding surface configured to contact at least a portion of the external electronic device when the external electronic device is disposed in the hollow portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the holding surface comprises a substantially circular curved surface which descends from a center of the second cover to edges of the second cover.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second openings are configured to discharge the air toward the external electronic device when the external electronic device is resting on the holding surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the electronic device is configured to discharge air from the second openings to a space between the holding surface and the external electronic device, the space being defined by descending portions of the curved surface.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second openings are configured to discharge toward the external electronic device when the external electronic device is received in the hollow portion.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second openings are formed by a coupling structure of the first cover and the second cover along edges of the second cover.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a connector disposed in the hollow portion,

wherein the connector is configured to be coupled with a connector port of the external electronic device received in the hollow portion.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one support protrusion disposed near the connector, and configured to support at least part of the external electronic device when the external electronic device is received in the hollow portion.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a control circuit interposed between the second cover and the electric fan motor; and

a control circuit operatively coupled with the wireless charging circuit,

wherein the control circuit is configured to detect the external electronic device using the wireless charging circuit, and

the electronic device is configured to discharge at least part of the intake air to the wireless charging circuit and the external electronic device using the electric fan motor.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second housing is movably coupled to the first housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2018
From: JEONG, CHIHWAN; KOO, KYUNGHA; JANG, KIYOUN; JANG, SE-YOUNG; CHOI, HAN-SHIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045372/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0039427 · Mar 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180288898A1 · Oct 4, 2018
Cited By (1)
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